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the 50 states with two senators. the american people can decide who they are sending to congress. so, these are duly elected people who represent districts and just because somebody in one district vote as certain way that somebody in another district doesn't like --. adam: you lose nothing. you're done. you lose nothing by speaking truth to the other 434 members. what would you say to them? >> well, i think that we have shown, historically, not just this year but every the decades that congress is not good except if there's a deadline the reason the fiscal cliff exists we pushed until the end of the year this harmonic convergence of tax increases and spending cuts that are unpalatable to force action. otherwise congress would never get it done. that is speaker boehner's leverage with the debt ceiling. so i think we could do a lot better with the type of people that we're electing to congress, moving away from the extremes and bringing more centrists who can work together. i could give you a long speech about that when you combine those two things, you don't get a great work produ
the 50 states with two senators. the american people can decide who they are sending to congress. so, these are duly elected people who represent districts and just because somebody in one district vote as certain way that somebody in another district doesn't like --. adam: you lose nothing. you're done. you lose nothing by speaking truth to the other 434 members. what would you say to them? >> well, i think that we have shown, historically, not just this year but every the decades that...
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he knows the rhythms of the senate and of congress better than president obama, you could argue. it makes sense that he's serving as the president's proxy. this is something the president is engaged with. this is something the white house is very engaged with. he said yesterday he's optimistic that a deal can be struck. i think that's not surprising. that's what you'd expect to come from president obama. but we're also -- we sort of said tonight is the deadline and that's true because a lot of the tax cuts expire at midnight. the sense we're getting from a lot of sources and from members of congress is that perhaps tonight isn't a hard and fast deadline. mitch mcconnell and the vice president are negotiating in earnest to find a deal. but it's sort of difficult to see how exactly that may come to be by midnight and have votes in the senate and house. the thought is that going over the cliff gives cover for some democrats and certainly some republicans. there will be a lot more pressure after the cliff comes to be to put a solution in place. even after midnight were to come and go
he knows the rhythms of the senate and of congress better than president obama, you could argue. it makes sense that he's serving as the president's proxy. this is something the president is engaged with. this is something the white house is very engaged with. he said yesterday he's optimistic that a deal can be struck. i think that's not surprising. that's what you'd expect to come from president obama. but we're also -- we sort of said tonight is the deadline and that's true because a lot of...
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i think this is not a congress that distinguished itself. in particular, the united states senate which hasn't passed a budge net how many years now? so i think the house at least has done its job. it has passed an alternative for example for the sequester cuts. it did come up with a plan to avert the tax increases across the brd? the senate has really done nothing. and it is amazing to me that people would ask for their jobs back. when they haven't been able to do their jobs in any meaningful sense in the last few years. >> jennifer, listen. i'm in a charitable mood. i've been defending congress. these people were elect ped sop clearly somebody believes they need to elect these rigid dog mattic individuals that won't budge. >> i don't mind so much that they are dogmatic. i would like for them to put forth the foe seerable course. what does harry reid believe? what does chuck schumer believe? let them put something on the table, go through a congress and works things out. they have been spared even voting on splg. >> no one wants to get up i
i think this is not a congress that distinguished itself. in particular, the united states senate which hasn't passed a budge net how many years now? so i think the house at least has done its job. it has passed an alternative for example for the sequester cuts. it did come up with a plan to avert the tax increases across the brd? the senate has really done nothing. and it is amazing to me that people would ask for their jobs back. when they haven't been able to do their jobs in any meaningful...
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that's when this congress by law has to adjourn. so between now and then we're going to get a back and forth, sequester delay and mike just spoke about. i want to say one thing which i think we're missing over here, guys. the fact to agree here in washington, d.c. about these numbers at $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples, think about how much this is argued over over 10 years in washington. these tax levels. not just sunsetted later on, it's for couples and individuals permanently and a huge deal and what mitch mcconnell was trying to say, we have come to this agreement. voting to raise taxes. that's huge for republicans. don't scuttle it because of some hiccup over the sequester. now a lot of democrats who don't like this, they want the president to fight. remains to be seen is that can it pass the house gop? house republicans said any type of deal that doesn't cut spending will not get our vote even if it comes out of the senate. still a long way to go on any final compromise. >> kristen, what are you hearing out of
that's when this congress by law has to adjourn. so between now and then we're going to get a back and forth, sequester delay and mike just spoke about. i want to say one thing which i think we're missing over here, guys. the fact to agree here in washington, d.c. about these numbers at $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples, think about how much this is argued over over 10 years in washington. these tax levels. not just sunsetted later on, it's for couples and individuals...
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the white house and senate leaders have been trying to beat a deadline they created to stop massive tax increases and automatic spending cuts that could trigger another recession. but one breakthrough did come today. >> i can report that we've reached an agreement on all of the tax -- the tax issues. >> reporter: a genuine compromise on taxes. most notable, rates would go up for couples earning above $450,000 a year. and today the same for everyone else. but they are divided over how much and how soon to cut government spending. and people are frustrated. >> sometimes you wonder, is it all just for show, or, you know, what's really going on behind closed doors? >> reporter: come midnight, your takehome pay shrinks. income taxes go up for everyone. roughly $2,400 next year for a family making 50 to $75,000. the 2% payroll tax break ends, costing an average worker another $1,000 a year. higher taxes on savings and investments. families will pay more on large inheritances. and for those on hard times, out of a job longer than six months, unemployment benefits stop. visitors to capitol hill
the white house and senate leaders have been trying to beat a deadline they created to stop massive tax increases and automatic spending cuts that could trigger another recession. but one breakthrough did come today. >> i can report that we've reached an agreement on all of the tax -- the tax issues. >> reporter: a genuine compromise on taxes. most notable, rates would go up for couples earning above $450,000 a year. and today the same for everyone else. but they are divided over...
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our congress. let's get right to abc's chief white house correspondent jon karl covering this every step of the way. jon, many angry americans watching all of this. >> reporter: well, david, they just blew it. it is now clear that congress will fail to pass by midnight tonight something to prevent virtually everybody's taxes from going up. they have known for more than a year that tonight was the deadline and they just blew it. the deadline to prevent that massive $600 billion combination of tax hikes and spending cuts will be missed. but the scramble continues. to try to get a deal done and passed over the next day or two, that would put the tax cuts, at least, back in place retro actively. and today, they sure seemed close to a deal. >> i can report that we've reached an agreement on all of the tax tsh -- the tax issue. >> reporter: and even though the deal was not finalized, the president seemed to take a victory lap today at the white house. >> keep in mind that just last month republicans in c
our congress. let's get right to abc's chief white house correspondent jon karl covering this every step of the way. jon, many angry americans watching all of this. >> reporter: well, david, they just blew it. it is now clear that congress will fail to pass by midnight tonight something to prevent virtually everybody's taxes from going up. they have known for more than a year that tonight was the deadline and they just blew it. the deadline to prevent that massive $600 billion combination...
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we don't know if the senate is going to hold any votes. the senate is still waiting for the outcome of the biden-mcconnell talks that are hung up over a couple of things including the issue of the across the board spending cuts which democrats want staved off for a year or so. republicans want to begin that cutting process right now. but let's talk for a moment about what we know about what has been agreed to, have to caution that until everything's agreed to, nothing is set in stone. bull here's what we know. the -- it appears that the top rate on taxes is going to go up to the clinton era level, 39.6% for individuals making more than $400,0 $400,000, for families making, married couples making more than $450,000. the estate tax, which some democrats don't like this provision, but they want to go from 35 under current law to 40% on estates over $5 million. that's a controversial provision, that's a win for republicans. still in some flux. on capitol gains and dividends, the rates would go from 15% under current law for 20% for people in t
we don't know if the senate is going to hold any votes. the senate is still waiting for the outcome of the biden-mcconnell talks that are hung up over a couple of things including the issue of the across the board spending cuts which democrats want staved off for a year or so. republicans want to begin that cutting process right now. but let's talk for a moment about what we know about what has been agreed to, have to caution that until everything's agreed to, nothing is set in stone. bull...
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look, i think the senate will eventually come to a deal. we may technically go over the cliff tonight but i think the thing will still be resolved in terms of taxes by the end of this congress. that is by the morning of january 3rd at the latest. then we move to the things that count and that is spending and entitlement reform. we have three big triggering events coming up. the sequestration itself, the end of the continuing resolution in march and of course the debt ceiling. those things are going to force us back to spending because the revenue issue is going to be settled quickly. >> what is your number? we've heard 450,000 right now. on the gop side they want 550,000. >> i don't think the number is that important. we're talking the difference between 98 and 99% of the american people. i'm not too worried about that. it's what else is in the package. i think if we have any spending cuts, any entitlement reform would be extraordinarily helpful. at the end of the day if the senate can come to a bipartisan agreement it'll come over here. we
look, i think the senate will eventually come to a deal. we may technically go over the cliff tonight but i think the thing will still be resolved in terms of taxes by the end of this congress. that is by the morning of january 3rd at the latest. then we move to the things that count and that is spending and entitlement reform. we have three big triggering events coming up. the sequestration itself, the end of the continuing resolution in march and of course the debt ceiling. those things are...
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congress is showing up at 10:00. senate is getting in at 11:00. they were all carrying on about how hard they had to work over the weekend. give me a break. they've known about this for 517 days. that said, brianna, let's be fair. stuff is going on, right? >> reporter: we know the discussions between vice president biden and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell went into the evening. so they had some late hours definitely. this is coming up here to the last minute. it's feeling a little bit like hail mary if something gets done. we think there will be a deal. some say they think there will be a vote. some say they think we're going over the cliff. listening to president obama in a rare sunday show interview yesterday, he's obviously making it known, if we do go over the cliff, he is prepared to point the finger at republicans. here's what he said. >> all right. so we're struggling to bring you that sound, but basically he was saying that republicans are trying to protect the wealthy when it comes to taxes. and to that point, ali, we do have new
congress is showing up at 10:00. senate is getting in at 11:00. they were all carrying on about how hard they had to work over the weekend. give me a break. they've known about this for 517 days. that said, brianna, let's be fair. stuff is going on, right? >> reporter: we know the discussions between vice president biden and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell went into the evening. so they had some late hours definitely. this is coming up here to the last minute. it's feeling a little...
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senator joe man shin, the democratic senator of west virginia says something's gone terribly wrong when the threat to our american economy is the american congress we know there's a recession looming here if this doesn't get done. why isn't it getting done? >> i agree. i would say to harry reid bring a bill to the floor of the senate and let's start voting. quit trying to cut deals behind closed doors. get to the floor of the senate. let the american people see the discussion. but as your opening report said this morning on this show, it seems like the president is handcuffing harry reid from bringing a bill to the floor now. the president i believe is slowing down the process, not helping. >> senator barrassow, thanks. >> thanks so much for having me. >>> bad weather in the northwest may be to blame for a tour bus accident that killed 9 and injured at least 20 others. as lee cowan reports the bus lost control and went down an embankment. >> reporter: a steel guardrail along the rural park did little to keep the tour bus and the roughly 40 passengers from going over the 85-foot drop. do
senator joe man shin, the democratic senator of west virginia says something's gone terribly wrong when the threat to our american economy is the american congress we know there's a recession looming here if this doesn't get done. why isn't it getting done? >> i agree. i would say to harry reid bring a bill to the floor of the senate and let's start voting. quit trying to cut deals behind closed doors. get to the floor of the senate. let the american people see the discussion. but as your...
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. >> we don't yet see an agreement, and now the pressure is on congress to produce. if they don't, what i've said is that in the senate we should go ahead and introduce legislation that would make sure middle class taxes stay where they are, and there should be an up or down vote. everybody should have a right to vote on that. if republicans don't like it, they can vote no. >> brianna keilar, she's at the white house. brianna, they're saying they're going to come back to work in a couple of hours. a lot of people have been up a lot longer than that, up earlier, trying to figure out what's going on here. i understand you do have some news. potentially there's a new offer on the table. >> reporter: that's right. according to democratic sources, suzanne, they have gone up to $450,000 as the threshold for those income tax rates for where those bush-era tax cuts would expire. so beyond $450,000 for a family. this is somewhat significant because initially the president's starting point, once everything fell apart in his negotiations with speaker boehner, was to go back to
. >> we don't yet see an agreement, and now the pressure is on congress to produce. if they don't, what i've said is that in the senate we should go ahead and introduce legislation that would make sure middle class taxes stay where they are, and there should be an up or down vote. everybody should have a right to vote on that. if republicans don't like it, they can vote no. >> brianna keilar, she's at the white house. brianna, they're saying they're going to come back to work in a...
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senators, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> congress had well over a year to tackle this fiscal cliff. instead, we've come down now to the final eight hours before our nation takes a severe hit potentially to the economy. tyeah, its the galaxy note ii.re great. you can do two things at the same time. you can watch videos and text. or you could watch the earnings report and take notes, like we're supposed to. so... can i get it? yeah. okay either of you put together the earnings report yet? yes, me totally. what? why don't you tackle the next quarter. you eat yet? polynesian? pu pu platter? yup! keep up the good work. i will keep up the good work. do more with the new samsung galaxy note ii. [ dog barking ] ♪ [ female announcer ] life is full of little tests, but your basic paper towel can handle them. especially if that towel is bounty basic. the towel that's durable, and scrubbable. in this lab demo, bounty basic is stronger than the leading bargain brand. everyday life? bring it with bounty basic. the strong but affordable picker-upper... now costs even less. >>> we'r
senators, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> congress had well over a year to tackle this fiscal cliff. instead, we've come down now to the final eight hours before our nation takes a severe hit potentially to the economy. tyeah, its the galaxy note ii.re great. you can do two things at the same time. you can watch videos and text. or you could watch the earnings report and take notes, like we're supposed to. so... can i get it? yeah. okay either of you put together...
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as you know, congress comes back today. the house gaveling into session now with legislative business starting at 10:00 a.m. the senate returns at 11:00 a.m. eastern. there are only a few hours left to get a deal done. eamon? >> you're already hearing people talk the way they talk on new year's day. a lot of people wish they could go back in time and do things differently. that's the way people are talking in washington about this fiscal cliff. feeling as if this thing suddenly got off the rails. take a listen to mitch mcconnell last night talking about the pace of the negotiations here and the frustration that he's experienced going through all of this over the weekend. take a listen. >> now, i'm concerned about the lack of urgency here. like we all know we're running out of time. this is far too much at stake for political gamesmanship. we need to protect the american families and businesses from this looming tax hike. everyone agrees that that action is necessary. >> so now all eyes are focused on the senate for 11:00 th
as you know, congress comes back today. the house gaveling into session now with legislative business starting at 10:00 a.m. the senate returns at 11:00 a.m. eastern. there are only a few hours left to get a deal done. eamon? >> you're already hearing people talk the way they talk on new year's day. a lot of people wish they could go back in time and do things differently. that's the way people are talking in washington about this fiscal cliff. feeling as if this thing suddenly got off...
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>> senator, we heard president obama say in an interview that if congress can't get anything done and we go over the fiscal cliff, that plan "d" essentially is to have another vote on january 4th when the new congress comes in, and that would just be a straight up or down vote on extending tax cuts for middle class families making up to $250,000 a year. do you think that's what happens? >> i'm hoping that we resolve this today to give the american people some certainty. the president doesn't seem too eager to actually get involved and find solutions to deal with the number one problem facing our country. if you do what the president just proposed and raise taxes on those folks, it helps fund the government for seven days. it doesn't deal with our fundamental spending problem in this country. bottom line is the president is the only one with a pen who can sign into law something and he ought to be very involved with making sure that he gets something that he will sign that will pass both a republican controlled house and a democrat controlled senate. >> senator, i mean there's been a l
>> senator, we heard president obama say in an interview that if congress can't get anything done and we go over the fiscal cliff, that plan "d" essentially is to have another vote on january 4th when the new congress comes in, and that would just be a straight up or down vote on extending tax cuts for middle class families making up to $250,000 a year. do you think that's what happens? >> i'm hoping that we resolve this today to give the american people some certainty....